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  "id": 5002410,
  "title": "Intensive search under way for 9 Koreans missing in Nepal floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/intensive-search-under-way-for-9-koreans-missing-in-nepal-floods",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T03:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260902/intensive-search-under-way-for-9-koreans-missing-in-nepal-floods"
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  "account": "A Korean disaster relief team, known as the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), has arrived in Nepal to aid in the search for nine missing Koreans and others affected by recent floods and landslides. The 44-person team, comprising representatives from the Korean government and international organizations, touched down in Kathmandu on Wednesday aboard an Air Force KC-330 Cygnus plane. The KDRT's mission is to collaborate with Nepali authorities and a separate government emergency response team, conducting search-and-rescue efforts for the next approximately ten days, though the deployment may be prolonged depending on site conditions. Among the resources the KDRT is bringing are five rescue dogs and advanced equipment such as high-resolution drones, devices capable of detecting victims buried under debris through sound and video, and thermal imaging detectors. The nine Koreans disappeared after severe floods struck Nepal's Rasuwa district on August 26th.",
  "summary": "A Korean disaster relief team arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to help bolster the ongoing intensive search for nine Koreans and other victims missing in massive floods and landslides, the foreign ministry said. The 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), comprising personnel from the ministry, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and fire authorities, arrived in Kathmandu earlier…",
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        "title": "163 Indians rescued in Nepal: MEA after flash floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/163-indians-rescued-in-nepal-mea-after-flash-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-01T22:54:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Intensive search under way for 9 S. Koreans missing in Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/intensive-search-under-way-for-9-s-koreans-missing-in-nepal-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-02T02:46:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Intensive search under way for 9 Koreans missing in Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/intensive-search-under-way-for-9-koreans-missing-in-nepal-floods-5003929",
        "published": "2026-09-02T03:42:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Funerals in Nepal for missing, a week after deadly floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/funerals-in-nepal-for-missing-a-week-after-deadly-floods-5021256",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:20:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "India, China, US on list as Nepal seeks climate compensation after deadly floods: ‘Moral liability, not charity’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/india-china-us-on-list-as-nepal-seeks-climate-compensation-after",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:34:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Funerals in Nepal for missing, a week after deadly floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/funerals-in-nepal-for-missing-a-week-after-deadly-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:38:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Mass burials of unidentified victims continue in Nepal as death toll exceeds 1,000 one week after flash floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/mass-burials-of-unidentified-victims-continue-in-nepal-as-death-toll",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:45:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Nepal floods: Survivors and rescuers show courage amid devastation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/nepal-floods-survivors-and-rescuers-show-courage-amid-devastation",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:13:00.000Z"
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